374.

375.

A bill to declare the use of water for the production of power by
municipal corporations and by public utility companies, a public use,
and to provide for the condemnation of lands and flowage rights
thereon by such corporations and companies in connection with such
use:

introduced by Mr. Newton, ordered printed and referred to the
committee on counties and townships.
announcement of printing (file No. 349)

reported favorably, with amendments, amendments concurred in,
and placed on the general order...

811

919

948

considered in committee of the whole, amended, amendments con-
curred in, and bill placed on the order of third reading........ 1037-8
read third time and passed, title amended to read as follows:
A bill to declare the use of water for the production of power by
public utility companies, a public use, and to provide for the
condemnation of lands and flowage rights thereon by companies
in connection with such use;
and transmitted

A bill to amend section 2 of act No. 178 of the public acts of 1901,
entitled "An act to secure greater safety and comfort for persons
traveling on suburban and certain street railways," approved May
28, 1911; relative to the application of the provisions of the said act:
introduced by Mr. James, ordered printed and referred to the com-
mittee on railroads

1053

811

announcement of printing (file No. 350)

919

reported favorably, with amendments, amendments concurred in,
and placed on the general order...

1272

committee of the whole discharged and bill placed on the order
of third reading

1279

read third time, amended, passed, transmitted..

1291

376.

A bill providing for a reclamation board, prescribing the duties of
such board, and making an appropriation therefor:
introduced by Messrs. James and Moriarty, ordered printed and
referred to the committee on state affairs...

812

announcement of printing (file No. 351)...

919

377.

reported favorably and placed on the general order.

considered in committee of the whole and bill placed on the order
of third reading

read third time and not passed.

A bill to amend section 20 of chapter 4 of act No. 283 of the public
acts of 1909, entitled "An act to revise, consolidate and add to the
laws relating to the establishment, opening, improvement, mainte-
nance and use of the public highways and private roads, the condem-
nation of property and gravel therefor; the building, repairing and
preservation of bridges; setting and protecting shade trees, drain-
age, cutting weeds and brush within this state, and providing for
the election and defining the powers, duties and compensation of
state, county, township and district highway officials:"

introduced by Mr. Leidlein, and referred to the committee on
roads and bridges

reported substituted, consolidated with Senate bills Nos. 256, 87,
86, 92 and 380; substitute concurred in and placed on the gen-
eral order

378.

for further history, see Senate bill No. 256.

A bill to aid in the settlement of industrial disputes, to provide a board
of mediation in the settlement of the same, and to aid in the pre-
vention of strikes and lockouts, and to repeal all acts or parts of
acts in contravention of this act:

introduced by Mr. Kingman and referred to the committee on
state affairs

announcement of printing (file No. 419)

reported favorably and placed on the general order.

considered in committee of the whole and all after the enacting
clause stricken out

870-6

812

1076

1067

1190-1

379. A bill to amend section 1 of chapter 165 of the revised statutes of 1846,
entitled "Of trials in criminal cases," the same being section 11942
of the compiled laws of 1897:

introduced by Mr. Vanderwerp, ordered printed and referred to
the committee on judiciary..

812

announcement of printing (file No. 352).

920

reported favorably and placed on the general order..
considered in committee of the whole and bill placed on the order
of third reading

1009

1071

read third time and pending the vote thereon, was laid on the table 1073 taken from table, passed, transmitted... 1167

380.

A bill to amend section 9 of chapter 2 of act No. 283 of the public
acts of 1909, approved June 2, 1909, entitled "An act to revise, con-
solidate and add to the law relating to the establishment, opening,
improvement, maintenance and use of the public highways and pri-
vate roads, the condemnation of property and gravel therefor; the
building, repairing and preservation of bridges; setting and pro-
tecting shade trees, drainage, cutting weeds and brush within this
state, and providing for the election and defining the powers, duties
and compensation of state, county, township and district highway
officials:"

introduced by Mr. Leidlein and referred to the committee on roads,
and bridges

812

reported substituted, consolidated with Senate bills Nos. 256, 87,
377, 86 and 92; substitute concurred in and placed on the gen-
eral order

for further history, see Senate bill No. 256.
381. A bill to permit the establishment of a disability and retirement fund
for teachers in cities of eight thousand or over:

introduced by Mr. Taylor, ordered printed and referred to the
committee on education and public schools..

870-6

813

announcement of printing (file No. 353)....

reported favorably and placed on the general order.

920

970

considered in committee of the whole and bill placed on the order
of third reading

1070

read third time and passed, transmitted..

1072

382. A bill to regulate the operation of billiard and pool rooms outside of incorporated cities and villages:

introduced by Mr. Taylor, ordered printed and referred to the
committee on state affairs

839

announcement of printing (file No. 354).

920

reported favorably and placed on the general order.

1000

considered in committee of the whole and bill placed on the order

of third reading

1071

read third time and passed, transmitted..

1073

returned amended, Senate concurred, and bill was referred for
printing and presentation to the governor.
presented to the governor (enrolled No. 112).
approved

1513

1530

1539

383.

384.

A bill to amend the title and sections 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8 of act No. 132
of the public acts of 1903, entitled "An act empowering the state
board of health to determine the qualifications necessary, examine
and license persons qualified to practice the art of embalming, and
regulate the practice of embalming dead human bodies, and to repeal
act No. 233 of the public acts of 1901," as amended by act No. 151
of the public acts of 1907:

introduced by Mr. Kingman and referred to the committee on
public health

A bill to amend section 7 of act No. 44 of the public acts of 1899,
being "An act to provide for the publication and distribution of laws
and documents, reports of the several officers, and boards of officers
and public institutions of this state, now or hereafter to be pub-
lished, and to provide for the replacing of books lost by fire or other-
wise, and to provide for the publication and distribution of the offi-

839

385.

386.

cial directory and legislative manual of the state of Michigan, and
to repeal act 122 of the public acts of 1889, approved May 31, 1889,
act 20 of the public acts of 1889, approved March 19, 1889, and all
other laws or parts of laws contravening or inconsistent with this
act," as amended by act No. 93 of the public acts of 1905:

introduced by Mr. Putney, ordered printed and referred to the
committee on agricultural interests..

announcement of printing (file No. 355).

A bill relative to the review of civil actions in the supreme court:
introduced by Mr. White, ordered printed and referred to the com-
mittee on judiciary

announcement of printing (file No. 356)

A bill to amend section 9 of act No. 198 of the laws of 1873, entitled
"An act to revise the laws providing for the incorporation of the
railroad, bridge and tunnel companies, and to regulate the running
and management and to fix the duties and liabilities of all railroad,
bridge, tunnel and other corporations owning or operating any rail-
road, bridge or tunnel within this state," as amended, said section
being compiler's section 6234 of the compiled laws of 1897, as
amended by act No. 288 of the public acts of 1909:

introduced by Mr. Taylor, ordered printed and referred to the
committee on railroads

839

920

839

920

840

announcement of printing (file No. 358)

920

reported favorably and placed on the general order.

1045-6

considered in committee of the whole and bill placed on the order
of third reading

1188

read third time and passed, transmitted..

1221

387.

388.

A bill to amend section 19 of act No. 279 of the public acts of 1909,
entitled "An act to provide for the incorporation of cities and for
the changing of their boundaries:"

introduced by Mr. Fowle, ordered printed and referred to the
committee on cities and villages...

announcement of printing (file No. 362).

A bill to provide for the payment and reimbursement by counties, in
certain cases, upon application therefor, of expenses incurred in the
burial of the bodies of army nurses, honorably discharged soldiers,
sailors or marines, or the wives or widows of said soldiers, sailors
or marines, and to repeal act No. 252 of the public acts of 1909,
approved June 2, 1909:

introduced by Mr. Leidlein, ordered printed and referred to the
committee on counties and townships.

considered in committee of the whole, amended, amendments con-
curred in, and bill placed on the order of third reading.
read third time, amended, passed, transmitted..

1062

1108

returned concurred in, and bill was referred for printing and pre-
sentation to the governor.

1509

presented to the governor (enrolled No. 133)
approved

1531

1540

389.

390.

A bill to amend sections 3 and 28 of act No. 300 of the public acts of
1909, entitled "An act to define and regulate common carriers, and
the receiving, transportation and delivery of persons and property,
prevent the imposition of unreasonable rates, prevent unjust dis-
crimination, insure adequate service, create the Michigan railroad
commission, define the powers and duties thereof, and to prescribe
penalties for violations hereof:"

introduced by Mr. James, ordered printed and referred to the
committee on railroads

announcement of printing (file No. 364).

864

932

committee on railroads discharged from consideration of the bill, and the further consideration thereof indefinitely postponed.... 1228 A bill to compel owners of private cemeteries in cities to keep the same enclosed with a suitable fence to prevent encroachment of live

stock, and to provide that a portion of the moneys received from
the sale of lots in such cemeteries shall be used for the care and
maintenance of such cemeteries:

introduced by Mr. James, ordered printed and referred to the
committee on religious and benevolent societies..
announcement of printing (file No. 360)....

864

391.

392.

393.

977-8

932

reported favorably, with amendments, amendments concurred in,
and placed on the general order..

considered in committee of the whole and bill placed on the order
of third reading

read third time, passed, title amended to read as follows:

A bill to compel owners of private cemeteries in cities to keep the
same enclosed with a suitable fence to prevent encroachment of
live stock;
and transmitted

1071

.1110-11

returned concurred in, and bill was referred for printing and
presentation to the governor...

1517

1530

1539

presented to the governor (enrolled No. 113).
approved

A bill relative to gifts for charitable uses:

introduced by Mr. Freeman, ordered printed and referred to the
committee on religious and benevolent societies....

A bill to amend sections 13 and 18 of act No. 91 of the public acts
of 1905, entitled "An act to prevent the importation from other
states, and the spread within this state of dangerous insects and
dangerously contagious diseases affecting trees, shrubs, vines, plants
and fruits, and to repeal all acts or part (parts) of acts that con-
travene the provisions of this act:"

introduced by Mr. Watkins, ordered printed and referred to the
committee on horticulture

A bill to create a game and fish commission, defining its powers and
duties and making an appropriation therefor:

864

announcement of printing (file No. 366).

864

932

introduced by Mr. Watkins, ordered printed and referred to the
committee on fisheries

864

announcement of printing (file No. 367)

932

reported favorably, with amendments, amendments concurred in,
and placed on the general order....

1044

considered in committee of the whole and bill placed on the order
of third reading

1141

read third time and passed, transmitted.

1163-4

394.

395.

396.

397.

A bill to amend section 1 of act No. 179 of the public acts of 1891,
entitled "An act to establish, protect and enforce by lien the rights
of mechanics and other persons furnishing labor or materials for
the building, altering, improving, repairing, erecting or ornament-
ing of buildings, machinery, wharves and all other structures; and
to repeal all acts contravening the provisions of this act," the same
being section 10710 of the compiled laws of 1897, as last amended
by act No. 121 of the public acts of 1909, approved May 26, 1909:
introduced by Mr. Watkins, ordered printed and referred to the
committee on judiciary

A bill to provide for the punishment of trespassers on railroad prop-
erty:

introduced by Mr. Lee, ordered printed and referred to the com-
mittee on railroads

announcement of printing (file No. 369)

A bill to prohibit the testing by speed in and upon the highways of
this state, of the motor power of any engine to be thereafter placed
in or used in the construction of an automobile:

introduced by Mr. Watkins, ordered printed and referred to the
committee on state affairs

announcement of printing (file No. 370)

A bill to amend section 2 of act No. 44 of the public acts of 1899,
approved April 18, 1899, entitled "An act to provide for the publica-

864-5

865

932

876

931

398.

tion and distribution of laws and documents, reports of the several
officers, and boards of officers and public institutions of this state,
now or hereafter to be published, and to provide for the replacing of
books lost by fire or otherwise; and to provide for the publication
and distribution of the official directory and legislative manual of
the state of Michigan, and to repeal act No. 122 of the session laws
of 1889, approved May 31, 1889, act No. 20 of the session laws of
1889, approved March 19, 1889, and all other laws or parts of laws
contravening or inconsistent with this act:"

introduced by Mr. Taylor, ordered printed and referred to the com-
mittee on judiciary

876

announcement of printing (file No. 373).

932

reported favorably and placed on the general order.

974

considered in committee of the whole and bill placed on the
order of third reading

1070

read third time, passed, transmitted.

1109

returned concurred in and bill was referred for printing and pre-
sentation to the governor

1515-16

presented to the governor (enrolled No. 138)
approved

1531

1542

A bill to protect railroad and railway property, to prevent destruction
and removal of any property or parts thereof, and to provide a
penalty therefor:

introduced by Mr. Miller, ordered printed and referred to the com-
mittee on railroads

877

announcement of printing (file No. 371)

931

reported favorably with amendments, amendments concurred in
and placed on the general order

976

considered in committee of the whole and bill placed on the order
of third reading ...

1070

read third time, passed, transmitted

1110

399.

400.

A bill to amend sections 9, 14 and 17 of chapter 55 of the revised
statutes of 1846, entitled "Of general provisions relative to corpora-
tions," the same being sections 8535, 8540 and 8543 of the compiled
laws of 1897:

introduced by Mr. White, ordered printed and referred to the
committee on judiciary

announcement of printing (file No. 374)..

reported favorably and placed on the general order

considered in committee of the whole and bill placed on the or-
der of third reading

read third time and passed, transmitted

A bill to adopt and prescribe the design of a state coat-of-arms and
state flag, and their use, and to prohibit the use of the same for ad-
vertising purposes, and to provide a punishment for such forbidden

use:

introduced by Mr. Walter, ordered printed and referred to the
committee on state affairs....

877

932

1009

· 1071

1111

901

announcement of printing (file No. 376)
reported favorably and placed on the general order

932

968

considered in committee of the whole and bill placed on the or-
der of third reading

1182

read third time and pending vote thereon, the bill was laid on
the table

1203

taken from table, amended, passed, and transmitted..

1243

returned concurred in and bill was referred for printing and pre-
sentation to the governor

1491

presented to the governor (enrolled No. 111)
approved ..

1530

1539

401. A bill to amend sections 2, 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 27, 28, 31, 33, 37, 41, 42, 43, 44, 56 and 57 of act No. 281 of the public acts of 1909, entitled "An act relative to the nomination of party candidates for public office and delegates to political conventions, to regulate primary elections and to prescribe penalties for